Bill de Blasio defended his fundraising from the taxi medallion industry: “I thought this was a bad process with a bad result, and I spoke out on it, and that’s the bottom line,” he said, and “I am obviously going to go out and raise money for a campaign from a wide variety of sources; other candidates are going to do the same.” De Blasio joined a lawsuit on their behalf against the city.

Estelle Cooper, an 81-year-old prominent Queens Republican who helped oversee the refurbishment of Flushing Meadows Park, was indicted on charges that she stole more than $50,000 from Unisphere Inc., a nonprofit organization she founded in 2003, ostensibly to continue her work protecting the park. She could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted.